Job opportunity:

Health Facility Survey (FHS) Data Collectors

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Jhpiego enhances the health and saves the lives of women and families in limited-resource settings. For nearly four decades, we have put evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice to overcome barriers to high-quality health care services for the world’s most vulnerable populations. From our origins as technical experts in reproductive, maternal, and child health, Jhpiego has grown to embrace new challenges, including HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Cervical Cancer Prevention — reflecting the increasing interconnectedness of global health.

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Reporting Structure:

Position Title: HFS Data Collectors (40 Posts)

Project: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Position Reports to: Malaria Health Facility Survey Coordinator

Type of Contract: Casual worker

Location: Countrywide

Study Sites: Countrywide

Duration: 4 weeks (20 working days)

Tentative start date: February 2021

Summary Scope of Work:

Jhpiego in collaboration with the Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division/Rwanda Biomedical Center and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be conducting a Malaria Health Facility Survey (HFS) in Rwanda. The HFS will be conducted to measure progress made in outpatient malaria case management against the national Malaria Treatment Guidelines. Given the early indicators of Artemisinin resistance, this HFS will help to better understand the distribution and prevalence of molecular markers of antimalarial resistance and hrp2/3 deletion in Rwanda. Our proposed scope of work focuses on the implementation of a nationally representative cross-sectional study of health facilities (HF) in Rwanda that provide outpatient malaria case management. The survey will include exit interviews and patient reexaminations.

Jhpiego and its partners are looking for 40 health professionals qualified and highlight motivated candidates

for the position of data collectors to contribute to the success execution of HFS in the whole country.

Responsabilites will be but not limited to:

• Introduce HFS activities to the health facility and the community
•  Identify survey participants
•  Complete documents related to HFS such as Questionnaires, Informed Consent
•  Ensure the submission of data collected on a daily basis
• Ensure that the survey is complying to the approved HFS protocol

Required Qualifications :

• Being Rwandan by nationality
• Having a bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Biomedical Laboratory, and other relevant health field from a recognized institution by Rwanda High Education Council
•  Be in possession of valid license
• More than 3 years experience of working in health facilities
•  Having experience of more than 3 years in conducting quantitative research related to health such as malaria indicator survey, HFS, and DHS
• Be familiar with computer assisted interviews (ODK, surveyCTO) and have the ability to use computer, electronic devices, e.g. tablets
•  Ability to perform blood smear and collect blood specimen on filter papers
•  Willingness to travel independently and extensively within rural communities
•  Knowledge of Kinyarwanda, English, or French

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online http://jrims.org/Job_Application and upload the following documents in PDF format with your names:

a. Application letter

b. Updated CV

c. Academic Degrees & Certificates

d. 3 referees, one of whom should be the current employer, previous employer, and academic supervisor/lecturer with their full contacts. Address the complete application files to Jhpiego Country Director. The closing date for the vacancy is Friday January 28th, 2022 @5pm.

Only online applications through the link shall be considered and failure to follow the outlined procedure might result in the application being disqualified.

If you don’t hear from us within three weeks from the submission deadline, consider your application unsuccessful.

Note:

Jhpiego is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in employment because of age, religion, tribe, race, color, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, military status, marital status, family responsibility, station of life, political opinion, health (includes HIV/AIDS, pregnancy) socioeconomic status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Employment and promotion for any position are based on an individual’s qualifications and merit. Jhpiego does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, orientation, or any other fees).